Director, Global Purchasing

The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers - and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency. We are proud of the culture we have built. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day.

So, if you are talented, driven, creative, and eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team, then we want to talk!

What we do :

The Director, Global Purchasing will provide oversight and guidance of the company's decentralized procurement operations, ensuring strategic alignment, operational efficiency, and the adoption of best practices across all regions. Reporting directly to the Controller, Global Accounting Operations, this key leadership role will partner with organizational leaders to drive a cohesive and world-class Purchasing function. As a leader, you will build, develop, and enhance a high-performing team that balances global consistency with local needs in an ever-changing, hyper-growth environment. This role will focus on standardizing processes, fostering collaboration across regional purchasing teams, and defining and implementing procurement strategies that align with long-term business goals to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness. In addition, this role will be overseeing and transforming corporate travel management to align with organizational priorities. The Director, Global Purchasing will also communicate vision and strategic direction, fostering a dynamic and high-performing team culture to achieve or exceed operational objectives.

What you'll do :

• Provide leadership and vision by identifying and implementing an optimal procurement model that achieves efficiency goals while maintaining speed and quality of service.
• Develop and implement a global procurement strategy that ensures consistency while addressing local needs through regional guidelines.
• Build proactive and positive relationships with regional, and corporate stakeholders across finance, operations, and other departments to ensure best-in-class practices are implemented.
• Establish and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and reporting metrics designed to measure, track, and improve productivity, providing greater transparency to leadership.
• Lead the continuous improvement of procurement systems such as Coupa to enhance spend visibility, streamline approvals, and improve vendor management, transitioning efforts from data gathering to decision-making.
• Negotiate contracts and manage vendor performance to align with business requirements.
• Balance workloads and optimize team structure and resources to ensure scalable functions, while providing appropriate training and knowledge transfer within the department and across relevant cross-functional groups.
• Resolve purchasing and vendor-related issues by providing escalation support, facilitating meetings, and driving actionable follow-ups to ensure accountability.
• Attract, hire, and develop a high-performing, cohesive purchasing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, professional development, and mutual accountability.
• Adhere to all Sarbanes-Oxley, audit procedures and regulatory requirements to ensure full compliance; monitors established control points.
• Monitor and optimize corporate travel systems to ensure efficiency, and alignment with budgeting, reporting, and evolving business needs.

Who you are :

The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

The Trade Desk will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Ordinance No. 184652.

CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only : In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as sales-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more.

Note : Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave

At the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is

$124,900 — $228,900 USD

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

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